Abstract

The development, evaluation and validation of analytical methods for the measurement of mycotoxins in food and feedstuffs is discussed, describing the different links between EC Standards, Measurements and Testing projects and the projects of its predecessors, the Bureau Communautaire de Référence and the Measurements and Testing Programme, the needs of the food and feed industry, EU regulations and the work of the European Standardisation Body in the area of mycotoxins. General information is given on different types of interlaboratory studies as well as on the purity, homogeneity and stability studies of mycotoxin calibrants. The preparation of interlaboratory test materials together with their link to certified reference materials (CRMs) is also explained. Finally, the different use of CRMs and the requirements of mycotoxin reference compounds certified for purity is illustrated.

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